Infinity War Barrels Toward $225 Million-Plus Opening Weekend

According to Variety, the Marvel Studios ensemble film is on track to earn between $225 million and $245 million in its North American debut, which would place it with striking distance of the $247 million grossed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in its 2015 opening.

If Infinity War passes that marker, it will set a new record for biggest box office weekend ever, with additional superlatives sure to follow. For a film that cost somewhere between $300 million and $400 million to produce from a studio known for making $1 billion hits, those records won't come as much of a surprise.

With its projected opening, Infinity War would join the likes of Jurassic World, The Avengers and Black Panther among the six films to crack the $200 million mark in an opening weekend.